The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the verdict of the Supreme Court affirming Bola Tinubu’s vctory as President.
Addressing press conference on Monday, Atiku said the outcome of the suit filed against the election at the apex court shows that “all is not well”.
The former Vice President also said he is not going away from politics following the verdict of the court.
DAILY GIST reported that The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election, but Atiku rejected the result and headed for the court.
The Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal had dismissed his suit and upheld Tinubu’s victory.
Apparently not satisfied with the outcome, Atiku headed to the Supreme Court and subsequently sought to include additional “forgery evidence” which he obtained from the Chicago State University, but the court objected this on the grounds that plea was made outside the 180-day mandatory period stipulated by the law.
Speaking on the verdict on Monday, Atiku said what Nigeria is dealing with is bigger than just a Presidential election.
He said his evidence shows that INEC violated the electoral act and procedure to declare Tinubu president.
“The Supreme Court outcome even though final shows that all is not well,” he said, adding that retired Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad, recently gave a pointer to the situation in the judiciary.
Atiku said when INEC and the judiciary are enmeshed in controversy, democracy cannot thrive while insisting that the then candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, was not qualified to contest the February 2023 presidential poll.
He accused the Supreme Court and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of supporting illegality, identity theft, impersonation, forgery of certificates and perjury.
“As for me and my party, this phase of work is done. However, I am not going to go away, if you think I am going to go away, forget about it.”
“For as long as I breathe, I will continue to struggle with other Nigerians to deepen our democracy. I will continue to work for the return of political and economical restructuring that the country needs,” he added.
Atiku, a former Vice President between 1999 and 2007, have tried to become Nigeria’s President for about three decades.
Despite his unsuccessful attempts, the former vice president said he won’t “go away”.
